Bullet from target-shooters hits Coopersville man

A man was struck in the leg Tuesday night by a stray bullet apparently fired by one of four people target-shooting a half-mile from his home,

Ottawa County sheriff's Sgt. Michael Wieringa said. Just after 9 p.m., Jonathan Schiefla, 25, who was inside his home at 276 Willow Oak Drive, was struck in the back of his leg by a bullet. He was taken by ambulance to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, where the bullet was removed. Schiefla was later released.

Police identified four people -- two men and two women -- who were target shooting a half-mile south of his home, and said reports would be turned over to prosecutors. Police investigated the case as careless discharge of a firearm.